Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1193 3000 and 5000

Seeing Lin Daoqiu's distrustful eyes, Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui became anxious.

Although they are not very well-known screenwriters yet, they have been in this industry for many years, so it is not impossible to make a good TV series.

"What do you want to shoot?"

Lin Daoqiu was not in a hurry to veto these two guys. After all, they are indeed capable, but their abilities have not been fully utilized yet.

"Costume drama..."

The two replied in unison, it seemed that they had already figured out what to shoot before they came.

Lin Daoqiu looked at Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui, and he suddenly vaguely guessed what these two guys were thinking.

"Could it be that you are planning to make "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"

Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui did not expect that Lin Daoqiu guessed right, and they nodded desperately.

In fact, they had already made up their minds before they came, so they made "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

After all, a movie and a novel have been published before this drama, and the three protagonists and some supporting actors are all in ATV, so it is very convenient to shoot.

Now all it takes is Lin Daoqiu's approval. As long as he agrees, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" can immediately enter the preparatory stage.

"It's quite thoughtful, so what I want to know is how much money ATV is willing to spend on filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time, and how many episodes are they going to shoot?"

If "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is going to be filmed, it will definitely cost a lot of money for special effects.

Now that ATV is shooting a TV series, the production cost of a typical period drama is about 150 million. If it is a costume drama or needs to go on location, the cost will be at least two to three times higher.

If "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was filmed without special effects, based on the calculation of 500 episodes, it can be shot for about [-] million.

But the problem now is that the biggest attraction of this drama is the special effects. If no special effects are added, the charm of this drama will be greatly weakened.

The original production fee of 500 million, if special effects are added, it must be multiplied by at least ten times, that is, 5000 million is needed to produce a TV series.

One must know that 5000 million is already the entire production fee that ATV spends on TV dramas for a year, will Qiu Degen really be so generous?

"ATV plans to use 3000 million yuan to shoot [-] episodes, which will be a Taiwanese drama."

Even though it is still 2000 million away from what Lin Daoqiu thought, but taking 3000 million to make a TV series shows how determined ATV is this time.

"3000 million is not enough."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head directly. Although 3000 million can also be blessed with special effects, the special effects made at this cost obviously cannot meet Lin Daoqiu's expectations in terms of visual effects.

Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui seemed to have expected Lin Daoqiu to say this, after all, they had discussed "Legend of Sword and Fairy" before.

At the beginning, Lin Daoqiu said that if he wanted to shoot "Legend of Sword and Fairy", he had to spend a lot of money on special effects.

"Brother Qiu, I think ATV has really shown great sincerity this time, and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has already been filmed. It doesn't matter if the special effects are a little weaker on the TV series."

In Zheng Danrui's view, it is a matter of course that the special effects of movies are better than TV dramas. After all, one side is 10 minutes long, and the other side is at least 20 hours.

If measured by the same standard, the production cost of a TV series may be many times higher than that of a movie.

So it's not a big deal to reduce the special effects a little on the TV series.

"Do you think it's really okay?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Zheng Danrui, and asked in a very flat tone.

But after getting along with Lin Daoqiu for so long, Zheng Danrui knew that he was very dissatisfied with what Lin Daoqiu said, so he could only lower his head silently.

"I never thought of comparing the special effects of TV dramas and movies, but anyway, there is a basic line for TV dramas that need special effects, and you can't fall below this line no matter what."

For others, it must be a very crazy thing to spend 5000 million to make a TV series.

But for Lin Daoqiu, 5000 million would definitely not be enough if he was the one to make the film, at least it would have to be multiplied several times.

But it is a pity that the number of viewers of Xiangjiang is too small, and there is no room for a TV series with an investment of hundreds of millions. I am afraid that it will have to wait for 30 years.

"Brother Qiu, how do you know the effect will be bad if you don't shoot it? Let us try it. We will try our best to persuade Mr. Qiu to add more money when we get back. See if it works."

Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui really wanted to make "Legend of Sword and Fairy", after all, Xiangjiang's first TV series with real special effects had not yet been born.

It must be a good thing for both of them if they can take the lead.

After Wen Jun finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu suddenly fell silent, and he really wanted to veto it in one gulp like before.

After all, in the case of insufficient funds, even if the special effects movies produced get very good ratings, they will definitely feel less interesting when he watches them.

"Let me think about it and give you an answer in a few days."

Lin Daoqiu did not directly reject them this time, but planned to consider it.

Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui were relieved to hear that Lin Daoqiu didn't reject them again, but they were actually worried that it would all be nothing in the end.

After the two returned to ATV, Huang Xizhao immediately invited them to his office.

When they entered the door, they found that Xu Xiaoming, the production director, was also sitting here waiting for them.

"What did Mr. Lin say?"

Of course Huang Xizhao hoped that Lin Daoqiu would agree, so that they could immediately start preparing for the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But unfortunately, Wen Jun shook his head directly.

Xu Xiaoming then asked the other party.

"Is the reason for Mr. Lin's refusal because the production fee is not as good as he expected?"

For Lin Daoqiu, Xu Xiaoming has worked with him several times, so he knows more or less.

If Lin Daoqiu failed to agree, it must be because of insufficient production costs.

"Brother Qiu said that this movie needs at least 5000 million yuan to make a good film."

Zheng Danrui replied.

"5000 million..."

Huang Xizhao fell silent when he heard this.

Don't look at it's only 2000 million more, but it seems to be an insurmountable horizontal ditch for ATV.

It's not that ATV can't afford the money, but the problem is that if you invest 5000 million yuan in the production of a play, it will be almost impossible to get back the cost, and it depends on how much you lose.

And in Huang Xizhao's view, besides ATV, it is absolutely impossible for Xiangjiang TVB to spend 3000 million yuan to make a TV series at this time, and only they can have such a boldness.

But it's a pity that Lin Daoqiu still didn't agree in the end, which made people feel discouraged.

(End of this chapter)